Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 06:51:38 -0500 From: Steve Brueggeman <stevebr@primenet.com> To: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AHA-2910C aic7xxx & blacklist Message-ID: <48EFOB9CB7A6IBKZcCVPmZhg=C7i@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.991013125214.19756B-100000@devserv.devel.redhat.com> References: <99Oct13.174807bst.66305@gateway.ukaea.org.uk> <Pine.LNX.3.96.991013125214.19756B-100000@devserv.devel.redhat.com>
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Unless I misunderstand the problem, this is pretty much what the SCSI = blacklist was for. SCSI middle does, testur(), inquiry() on LUN 0, and checks the = inquiry strings for being blacklisted, and if they have the have the = BLIST_SINGLELUN flag set, prevents the SCSI middle layers from probing LUN's 1-7. On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 12:53:36 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Neil Conway wrote: > >> Doug Ledford wrote: >> > The 6.0 kernel had the PROBE ALL LUNS option set in the SCSI = configuration >> > section. We fixed that "feature" for 6.1. In essence, when we = probe your >> > scanner for a lun higher than 0, it locks up the bus and won't work = any >> > more. That's why DOS and SCSI Select fail afterwards, because the = card >> > isn't what's hung, the scanner is. Anyway, get the 6.1 distro and = things >> > should be fine. >>=20 >> Possibly dumb query: if that's what actually hangs the bus, would a >> blacklist 'cure' the problem? (Dumber question: what do Windows-land >> drivers do by default?). > >Yes, but blacklist entries are bad for the simple fact that you don't = know >you need them until something goes wrong. Then, it's too late and God >knows how many copies of the CD will have shipped and how many people = will >have the same problem and how many times you will rattle off the same >answer..... > >As for windows, I don't think it probes all luns, but I could be wrong. > > Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> > Opinions expressed are my own, but > they should be everybody's. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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